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The Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Legacy: The Cambridge Men of 1910 and the Oxford Women of 2020 row the same course. 13 April 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch’s final post on Boat Race Day 2020, “The Day That Never Was”. Famously, it is...
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Fröhliche Ostern and KBO
13 April 2020 Tim Koch’s Easter message: As these German rabbits from 1900 are saying – Happy Easter. I am writing this on Easter Monday – which seems a little late. However, for Orthodox churches...
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A Sub-River Boat Race A.D. 1950?
14 April 2020 By Ralf-Peter Stumme & Göran R Buckhorn Above is an addition from Ralf-Peter Stumme in Germany to Tim Koch’s article published yesterday, “The Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: Yesterday,...
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The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) I – Barging into Training
[March 13, 1934] “All Together, Lads – Heave Ho – U of P Oarsmen – Candidates for seats in the varsity shell of the University of Pennsylvania crew, all pull together as they skid the heavy training...
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Looking Back into the Future
“Punch” magazine, 2 June 1866. 16 April 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch on the prophecy of Punch. Ralf-Peter Stumme recently posted an addendum to my piece on “The Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: Yesterday,...
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A Hundred Years from Now
By 2107, all rowing is indoors. 17 April 2020 By Robert Treharne Jones Robert Treharne Jones describes the Boat Race of the future. It is the year 2107 and once again the world of sport keenly...
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The Magic Christian at 50+
18 April 2020 By Göran R Buckhorn Göran R Buckhorn realises that HTBS has neglected to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a 1960s ‘rowing’ film. However, by doing so, HTBS Types and others can now take...
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Sweet Little Oars
19 April 2020 By Larry Fogelberg In this article, in The Dry Season Bottom-of-the-Barrel Series, Larry Fogelberg presents two sweet little oars. Maybe this could start a competition to find the...
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More Sweet Little Oars
19 April 2020 In a comment to Larry Fogelberg’s article about sweet little oars earlier today, David Sanfey, of Dublin (djsanfey), wrote that he had a couple of oars. Here is an image of David’s oars:...
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Saying Something of the Dog…
Jerome K. Jerome and his Montmorency. 20 April 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch visits the bark side. Humour does not usually age well. When Monty Python’s Flying Circus was first broadcast between 1969 and...
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The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) II – In the Tank
[January 7, 1932] “Eli Men Foil Old Man Winter – [W]ith this modern tank in the new Eli five million dollar gymnasium at their disposal, Coach Ed Leader no longer has to wait for Old Man Winter to pass...
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Fixed Seat Reading
The Mecca of rowing books: Way’s Bookshop in Henley. 22 April 2020 By Chris Dodd Confined to barracks by coronavirus, Chris Dodd began thinking about good reads he’s come across in the course of...
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The Boat Race on TV
Happy HTBS times with Lisa… 23 April 2020 By Tom Weil Tom Weil finds a familiar blue sinuous curve on TV – and then not! If one believes that television news counts as real news, one of the flagship...
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May Time II
‘At The Aquatic Ascot’ by Fred May, “Tatler” magazine, 13 July 1921. 24 April 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch continues his series on caricaturist Fred May’s Henley characters, this from 1921. General Sir...
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General Sir George Higginson: An Aquatic Postscript
General Sir George as depicted by ‘Spy’ in 1884. 24 April 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch adds a postscript about General Sir George Higginson. In my earlier piece published today, May Time II, I wrote that...
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Sapper McDevitt – An ANZAC Rower
Charles “Billy” William McDevitt 25 April 2020 By Louis Petrin Today is ANZAC Day and Louis Petrin is remembering the ANZAC rower Charles William McDevitt. ANZAC day is a special day for remembering,...
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The Death of the One with whom I Sailed
26 April 2020 By Philip Kuepper (For Michael Meyer) How lovely lay the lake of my boyhood, at the foot of the blue hills, the lake that played at wearing diamonds and emeralds, when sunlight would...
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The Voyage Past Death
26 April 2020 By Philip Kuepper (For Michael Meyer) Of course, I up anchored my mind, and set out on the sea of denial. I vacated death’s presence. I had for so long entertained the fantasy Michael was...
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The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) III – Lying Down on the Job
[March 6, 1931] “Navy Crews Go Out-of-Doors – Navy crews on the water at Annapolis . The varsity will be pulling their oars from now until Poughkeepsie.”27 April 2020 By Thomas E. Weil Rowing qua...
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R&R – From Print to Digital
Photo: Ingrid Buckhorn 28 April 2020 By Göran R Buckhorn British Rowing’s magazine Rowing & Regatta goes to a new digital platform. Yesterday, Kenny Baillie, director of Partnership &...
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